Today the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) donated a video conferencing equipment to the Ministry of Education (MOE) National Accreditation Council (NAC) to assist that body in the execution of its mandate as it works to continuously improve the service offered.

Guyana's push toward sustainable development can be achieved through initiatives in conservation, technology and policy-making, but it is investment in human capital through the provision of quality education, which will help to condition the minds of future generations and lead to transformative development for the country. Education sits at the very heart of an inter-connected plan toward the transformation of Guyana. Moreover, quality education is among the United Nations’ Development Programme’s Sustainable Development Goals, which serves as a global call to action to “end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.”

If true quality and quality assurance at the tertiary level is to be attained, then quality must first begin at the foundational primary and secondary school levels. This is according to President David Granger, who said as much when he delivered the feature address at the opening ceremony of the 13th annual conference of the Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education (CANQATE) at the National Cultural Centre last Tuesday evening.